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After-School Initiative evaluation
Colorado Trust, August, 2005
Denver, CO: Colorado Trust.

An assessment of a five-year after-school project that provided support to over 30 after school providers across Colorado, based on a survey of program administrators that reported youth outcomes and described program activities, resources, partnerships and environments, including a literature review of after-school programming and evaluation

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Caregiver-mother partnership behavior and the quality of caregiver-child and mother-child interactions [Abridged]
Owen, Margaret T., 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 224-230). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the relationship between mother-caregiver communication behavior and the quality of mother-child and caregiver-child interactions, based on a sample of 53 mothers and their 3-year-old children

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Center-based teaching and children's learning: The effects of learning centers on young children's growth and development
Bottini, Michael, 2005
Childhood Education, 81(5), 274-278

A paper comparing and contrasting observations of a learning center based kindergarten classroom and a traditional first grade classroom

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Child care and early childhood education in Hungary: An examination of teacher-child relationships in Hungarian preschools
Koles, Bernadette, 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

A comparison of variations in teachers’ interactions with children in their preschool classrooms in Hungary and the United States

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Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 208-223). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged version of an analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Child care structure, process, outcome: Direct and indirect effects of child care quality on young children's development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 364-375). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged reprint of a study exploring whether process measures of child care quality mediate the relationship between structural features of child care quality and child outcomes, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Child care teachers' strategies in children's socialization of emotion
Ahn, Hey Jun, 2005
Early Child Development and Care, 175(1), 49-61

An investigation of ways in which child care teachers socialize children's emotional expression

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Child care use in Minnesota: 2004 statewide household child care survey
Minnesota. Department of Human Services, 2005
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.

An inquiry into the availability, quality, and affordability of child care, based on information from the 2004 Statewide Household Child Care Survey of 1,363 households in Minnesota

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Child care use in Minnesota: 2004 statewide household child care survey: Executive summary
Minnesota. Department of Human Services, 2005
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.

A summary of an inquiry into the availability, quality, and affordability of child care, based on information from the 2004 Statewide Household Child Care Survey of 1,363 households in Minnesota

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Children's responses to educators' questions in day care play groups
de Rivera, Christina, 2005
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 14(1), 14-27

A study examining whether the type and frequency of questions posed by teachers of young children are related to child age and whether preschool children's replies to questions are more frequent and complex than toddlers'

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Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure?
Hamre, Bridget, 2005
Child Development, 76(5), 949-967

An examination of ways children’s risk of school failure may be reduced by support from teachers, based on a national study of 910 children, ages 5-6, identified as at risk on the basis of demographic characteristics and their kindergarten teachers’ observations of behavioral, attention, academic, and/or social difficulties

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Classroom and family effects on children's social and behavioral problems
Bennett, Patrick R., 2005
Elementary School Journal, 105(5), 461-480

A study of the effects of family and classroom factors on the self control and behavior problems of kindergarten children, based on data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS, 1998/1999)

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Closing achievement gaps
Haskins, Ron, 2005
Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.

A brief proposing the gap between white and ethnic minority children's academic achievement would disappear if disadvantaged children were exposed to high quality early childhood education programs

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The contribution of classroom setting and quality of instruction to children's behavior in kindergarten classrooms
Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E., 2005
Elementary School Journal, 105(4), 377-394

An observational study that used participants from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care to examine the relation between kindergarten classroom processes and children's behavior

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The development of infant-caregiver relationships in a child care setting
Lee, Seung Yeon, 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, New York

An exploration of the development of infant-caregiver relationships, based on a sample of three case studies in New York City, using data from observations, interviews, documents, and a researcher journal

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Ensuring high quality early care and education for all children in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Carter, Robyn, 2005
Cambridge, MA: Schott Foundation for Public Education.

A discussion of children's supervision and safety, child-teacher ratios, and state monitoring and oversight as they relate to quality in child care and early education in Massachusetts

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Features of pre-kindergarten programs, classrooms, and teachers: Do they predict observed classroom quality and child-teacher interaction?
Pianta, Robert C., 2005
Applied Developmental Science, 9(3), 144-159

An observational study of the extent to which features of programs, classrooms, and teachers contribute to quality and teacher–child interactions in a sample of 238 classrooms in 6 state-funded pre-kindergarten programs

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Impact of training and education for caregivers of infants and toddlers
Kreader, J. Lee, August 2005
(Research-to-Policy Connections No. 3). New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

A policy examination of approaches to caregiver training and education touted to improve the quality of care for children under age 3 in family care homes and center-based programs, with data collected through examination of a small number of training initiatives targeting infant and toddler caregivers where quality was observed before and after training

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Learning contexts for young children in Chile: process quality assessment in preschool centres
Herrera, Maria Olivia, 2005
International Journal of Early Years Education, 13(1), 13-27

Three studies evaluating the process quality of Chilean preschools and examining the relationship between process quality and child outcomes

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National evaluation summary: The quality of early learning, play and childcare services in Sure Start local programmes
Sure Start (Programme), November, 2005
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

An exploration of the delivery of quality services to children participating in Sure Start Local Programs (SSLP) in England, based on information gathered from the National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS)

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Nurture (as well as nature) matters
Bruner, Charles, 2005
(School Readiness Briefing Paper No. 2). Des Moines, IA: State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network.

A brief identifying young children's fundamental needs for healthy growth and development, including nurturing parents, adequate health care and nutrition, early childhood education, and high quality child care

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A phenomenological investigation of the pedagogy of family child care
Freeman, Ramona, 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, Akron OH

An exploration of the pedagogical relationship between family child care providers and children in their care

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Quality child care and socio-emotional risk factors: No evidence of diminishing returns for urban children
Montes, Guillermo, 2005
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 20(3), 361-372

An investigation testing the hypothesis that early childhood centers experience diminishing returns from quality improvements as the quality of the classroom rises with regards to concurrent socio-emotional outcomes

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The quality of early learning, play and childcare services in Sure Start local programmes
Birkbeck College. National Evaluation of Sure Start, 2005
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

Studies on the quality of child care, learning and play services in Sure Start Local Progammes (SSLP), comprehensive early intervention services for children birth to 3 years

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The quality of early learning, play and childcare services in Sure Start local programmes [Executive summary]
Birkbeck College. National Evaluation of Sure Start, 2005
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A summary of studies on the quality of child care, learning and play services in Sure Start Local Progammes (SSLP), comprehensive early intervention services for children birth to 3 years

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